NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2
Expression of Interest NOW OPEN
Australian hospitals are invited to participate in the NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2.The NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2 will pilot a draft NIMC with preprinted VTE prophylaxis section and will run from March to the end of November 2012. Detailed information is provided in the invitation for expressions of interest (Word 143 KB). Hospitals interested in participating should read the invitation to determine whether they are eligible to participate and the extent of their involvement. Expressions of interest should be submitted on the NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2 Expression of Interest form (Word 172 KB).
Completed expression of interest forms should be emailed to mail@safetyandquality.gov.au
Enquiries should be directed to Helen Stark, Senior Project Officer, 02 9126 3521 or Margaret Duguid, Pharmaceutical Advisor, 02 9126 3695 or emailed to mail@safetyandquality.gov.au
Closing date for expressions of interest is: 29 February 2012
NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 1 sites do not need to complete an expression of interest form to participate in Phase 2. These sites will be able to migrate across to the new chart when it becomes available.
NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2 Expressions of interest invited (Word 143 KB)
NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2 Expression of Interest (Word 172 KB)
About the NIMC VTE Pilot
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is conducting a pilot of a draft National Inpatient Medication Chart (NIMC) with a pre-printed venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment and prescribing section. Currently there are gaps between VTE prophylaxis evidence and practice and evidence suggests that point of prescribing prompts increase the rate VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis prescribing.The aim of the NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2 is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a preprinted VTE risk assessment and prescribing section in the NIMC on VTE risk assessment documentation and prophylaxis prescribing for adult patients admitted to hospital.
The first phase of piloting involved 19 hospitals in three states and was conducted from August 2010 to February 2011. This pilot demonstrated a significant increase in the documentation of VTE assessment and prescribing of pharmacological prophylaxis. The rate of mechanical prophylaxis ordering was unchanged. The results of the 3 month post-implementation evaluation are available in an interim report (PDF 783 KB).
In the absence of adverse outcomes and with evidence of improved practice, the Health Services Expert Advisory Group has recommended that the pilot be extended into a second phase by inviting other hospitals to pilot the chart. The NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2 will build on the results from phase 1 to test the effect of a draft NIMC with a pre-printed VTE prophylaxis section on the rate of VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis prescribing for adult patients in a range of hospitals.
NIMC VTE Pilot Phase 2 will commence in March 2012 and finish at the end of November 2012. Hospitals participating in phase 2 will use a version of the draft NIMC with a revised VTE prophylaxis section. The section has been modified to address issues identified in phase 1.
Pending the final report of the pilot, the revised version of the NIMC with VTE prophylaxis section is expected to be available for introduction nationally in mid 2013.
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